86,400 seconds -- 1,440 minutes -- 24 hours. The richest person in the world can buy a lot of things, but they can't buy more time.

The key is what we do with it.

Let's use this time to discuss TIME.

TIME.

T = Thankfulness. {I don't want to be the dude living in his mom's basement blogging about financial success. I want our time to be real.}

With that realness in mind, allow me to confess -- I can suck at this sometimes. I have been blessed. Great parents, a big extended family around me growing up. I was the baby of the family so I didn't realize just how screwed up we were. I had a great childhood.

I have a beautiful wife, 2 great kids, real friends who have proven time after time they are there for us, great career, etc. I have been blessed. And through all of that, I still have to be intentional about being thankful.

If you are expecting things and other people to bring you happiness and thankfulness, you are headed for disappointment.

Suggestions:

Stop taking things for granted. You are reading this, you are blessed to have access to a computer, your eyesight and the ability to read. That puts you ahead of the majority of people in the world.

If you are only focusing on the "big" things, you are missing the point of being thankful.

TIME.

I= Inspiration.

Inspiration. What is your why?

When you take the time to find your why, you are no longer counting on willpower. That's good because willpower can never sustain itself.

When I'm focused on my why, I stop whining about things. Our "Whys" drive us past the excuses that willpower seems to attract.

"I don't feel like ....."

"I don't like the instructor"

"I don't like the name of the book/blog/class, etc"

"When the rest of my world gets better, I will...."

You find a strong WHY, all the BS goes out the window and you get focused on achieving.

Be careful, when your WHY starts fading, you have to reestablish it.

TIME.

M=Move.

You can be Thankful and Know your Why. If you want to make a difference, you have to move.

Remember what I said about being real? If I allow myself, I can become very angry at me for the time I spent watching TV in my past. Today, I have to watch it with social media.

We are talking time. How much time are we investing in activity with no real value to ourselves and other people. Track it this week.

Make the calls, do the work, move.

TIME.

E=Evolve.

Are you reading the books, taking the classes, and working on getting better? If you want your situation to better, you have to be better.

It's never been easier to learn.

How are you evolving? What are you doing to get better so your situation can improve?

We all can look back and wish that we had done better in certain areas of our life. We can all promise ourselves and the people around us that we are going to do better in the future.

But, today is what we have. What are we going to do with our time today?

Leave a comment below. How are you going to change what you do with your time? What is your best use of time?

Disagree? Great, tell me about it in the comment section.

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